WP Puppet Theatre is excited to be providing intermission fun at the stunning production I, Sita, presented by Madhuban Performing Arts. Explore the wonder of light and shadow while you play with the shadow puppets of Sita, Rama, Hanuman and others. Many historians believe that shadow puppets originated in India in the 1st millennium BCE, telling the Hindu epics Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The flat articulated puppets are traditionally made from animal hides in an elaborate ritual of creation. Their completion  -  the "metaphorical birth of a puppet" - is celebrated with flowers and incense. The art of shadow puppetry epitomizes the concepts of light and dark or good and evil. (https://wepa.unima.org/en/india/)

Sharing this significant art-form of Indian culture on September 27, makes a wonderful crossover to WP Puppet Theatre's Puppet Power conference examining the complexities of immigration through the lens of puppetry taking place on October 18-19. 

For more information about the performance and tickets:

TICKETS AT: https://www.showpass.com/madhuban-isita/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabana_Chhaya